Day 1: The Journey Begins

First day ever taking Oratane (Accutane). I took Accutane when I lived at home in Canada, but had to come off of it because I couldn't meet the blood test dates due to moving to Australia. Now, I'm back on their version of Accutane, so we'll see where this goes!

While on Accutane, I had some progress. I wasn't on it for very long, and I did have the side effects of severe dry lips and flaky, dry facial skin. My hands were moderately dry, but I didn't notice any other side effects besides that. I'm quite active: exercise 4-5 days a week, I eat healthy, and also just started taking fish oil capsules (1000mg per capsule), 4x a day (to equal 4g). Hopefully that will help with inflammation in my skin when the war breaks out on my face in week 4 (as I was warned).

Trying to maintain a +'ve outlook on the fact that my skin WILL get worse before it gets better. However, my sister is on the exact same treatment, except she's a lot further along, and was SUPER excited for me when I told her I was going on it as well. Her skin looks incredibly gorgeous, and she's been on Accutane for about 8 months (she decided to do another round of treatment due to how severe her acne was).